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grignotf's recollections 269 think oshkosh was along very young and under the care of tomah ; souligny i-om-e-tah the grizzly bear and others a still larger body of the winnebagoes also joined dickson at the bay under the teal one-eyed de kau-ry and other chiefs the whole body moved forward to macki naw and all took part in the capture of the fort from the americans in july 1812 though without any fighting the sioux and winnebagoes first returned and tomah and his menomonees in the autumn i do not remember of any whites going with dickson from green bay though a very few may have gone in the massacre at chicago in 1812 the menomonees were not a party ; the pottawottamies were the principals in that affair early in the spring of 18 1 3 the menomonee chief souligny started at the head of a band of perhaps fifty warriors and with him was op-po-mish-shah or the white elk a chief of considerable distinction they reached the theatre of war in season to join tecumseh in the hard fighting at fort meigs in may tomah started later with a party of warriors and accompanied col dickson ; tomah's party may have num bered fifty and among them were the chiefs grizzly bear i-om-e-tah and oshkosh when they reached fort meigs there was little to do and after some slight skirmishing diok son tomah and their followers retired to detroit fully one half of the menomonees thence returned home but tomah and all the chiefs just named remained and went under proctor and dickson to sandusky and attacked the fort which was so gallantly defended by maj george cboghan the indians did not suffer much loss in this attack a large band of the winnebagoes were engaged in this campaign under their chiefs old de kau-ry car-ry-matj-nee win no-sheek pe-sheu or the wild cat sau-sa-mau-nee black wolf sar-cel or the teal and ne-o-kau-tah or four legs ; michael brisbois was their interpreter while aeneas la rose and perrish grignon acted in the same capacity

The third annual report and collections of the State Historical Society, of Wisconsin, for the year 1856 includes the following articles: Eulogies on J.G. Percival; Notices of William A. White; Early Jesuit missionaries in the north-west, by Judge Law; Indian tribes of Wisconsin, by John Gilmary Shea; The Cass manuscripts, translated by Charles Whittlesey; Antiquities of Crawford County, by Alfred Brumson; Antiquities of Wisconsin, by Wm. Barry; Seventy-two years recollections of Wisconsin, by Augustin Grignon; Reminiscences of the north-west, by B.F.H. Witherell; The Chippewas of Lake Superior, by Richard E. Morse; Early history of Kenosha, by M. Frank; First settlement of Kenosha, by Wallace Mygatt; Early history of Green County, by J.W. Stewart; Sketch of Whitewater, by J.A. Leonard; The upper Wisconsin country, by A.G. Ellis; Sketch of Prescott and Pierce County, by Oliver Gibbs, Jr., and C.E. Young; Hudson and its tributary region, by T. Dwight Hall; New London and surrounding country, by A.J. Lawson; Resources of north-eastern Wisconsin, by E.B. Quiner; Wisconsin and its internal navigation; Lemonwier River, by D. McBride; Baraboo Valley, a dairy region; Lieut. Gov. Cruzat's message to the Sauks and Foxes; Public libraries in Wisconsin.

grignotf's recollections 269 think oshkosh was along very young and under the care of tomah ; souligny i-om-e-tah the grizzly bear and others a still larger body of the winnebagoes also joined dickson at the bay under the teal one-eyed de kau-ry and other chiefs the whole body moved forward to macki naw and all took part in the capture of the fort from the americans in july 1812 though without any fighting the sioux and winnebagoes first returned and tomah and his menomonees in the autumn i do not remember of any whites going with dickson from green bay though a very few may have gone in the massacre at chicago in 1812 the menomonees were not a party ; the pottawottamies were the principals in that affair early in the spring of 18 1 3 the menomonee chief souligny started at the head of a band of perhaps fifty warriors and with him was op-po-mish-shah or the white elk a chief of considerable distinction they reached the theatre of war in season to join tecumseh in the hard fighting at fort meigs in may tomah started later with a party of warriors and accompanied col dickson ; tomah's party may have num bered fifty and among them were the chiefs grizzly bear i-om-e-tah and oshkosh when they reached fort meigs there was little to do and after some slight skirmishing diok son tomah and their followers retired to detroit fully one half of the menomonees thence returned home but tomah and all the chiefs just named remained and went under proctor and dickson to sandusky and attacked the fort which was so gallantly defended by maj george cboghan the indians did not suffer much loss in this attack a large band of the winnebagoes were engaged in this campaign under their chiefs old de kau-ry car-ry-matj-nee win no-sheek pe-sheu or the wild cat sau-sa-mau-nee black wolf sar-cel or the teal and ne-o-kau-tah or four legs ; michael brisbois was their interpreter while aeneas la rose and perrish grignon acted in the same capacity